Du Zhongxiao looked at the map and said to Zhang Sheng: "The party who ordered the road to be repaired in the west should be repaired until October, and then they can rest." I don't care what happens to them this month, I can't miss the road repair. On the days of rest, according to the repaired railway, each looking for a place. ”

Zhang Sheng nodded yes and said, "Jie Shuai, although it is a little late to rest in October, it can barely be trusted." However, if the road is built in winter, they must have some dissatisfaction, and if the road goes out—"

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "No matter, let the generals with the road repair deal with it themselves." If the snow falls, you don't fix it, that's such a thing! By the way, those party members have been building roads for almost a year, what is going on? In a year's time, some people should learn how to cultivate, and some people-"

Zhang Sheng said: "Back to the festival, most people can repair roads normally. However, more than 3,000 people have passed away while building the road. ”

Du Zhongxiao was silent, and said after a while: "Although there are more, it is not so much that it is unacceptable." That's it, fix it for more than a month, and rest until mid-October. In March of the next year, the road can be repaired again, and it will take nearly five months to repair in the middle, how can you stand it? ”

After speaking, Du Zhongxiao sat down in his seat, and said after a while: "From other places, find some work for people who can't build roads for the time being." Don't care how much money you make, it's okay if you don't make money, just don't let them have nothing to do, so as not to cause trouble. ”

Zhang Sheng nodded yes.

After crossing the Wolf Mountain, it is further north, and there is no mountain to cover it, so the road cannot be repaired in winter. Rest in mid-October, start work in March of the next year, and rest for more than four months a year, Du Zhongxiao feels big. The people who built the road there were the prisoners captured in the First World War in Hue, and they couldn't manage so much, so they could only let them build as much as possible for a while. There is no way to fix it until mid-October.

arranged the road repair in the west, and Du Zhongxiao said to Fu Bi on the other side: "Deputy envoy, how is the Khitan side?" ”

Fu Bi said: "Yelu Hongji is there, just mobilizing the army to Changping and Danzhou, and there is no other action. Yelu Chongyuan gathered a large army and was about to march south. In my opinion, this is their first battle, and they must be cautious. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Envoys of many lives, report back the situation of both sides." Remember, no matter what happens, the envoys must not interfere! ”

Fu Bi nodded yes.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Sit down, let's gossip." According to the news from the party, Shanhe Pass is still being heightened, and artillery is arranged inside, which is easy to capture. The various departments of Hengshan are shrinking, clinging to the locality, and it is not easy to provoke. The easiest place for the party to capture is still the county of Hexi. ”

Fu Bi said: "The party item is not easy to attack, what about the Khitan?" ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Now the Khitan is a dispute between the two kings, and it is not good for us to interfere." Anyway, when they fight for a result, they can really focus on it. Before the two kings won or lost, it was good to know the affairs of the Khitan. ”

Zhang Sheng said: "In this way, there is only one way to build a railway to Juyan County." If there is no accident, it can be repaired to Juyan County next summer. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, there is only this way." Therefore, in any case, we must speed up the construction of the road, even if some parts of the road are poorly repaired, we must open to traffic as soon as possible. When the car arrives in Juyan and the soldiers come to Yizhou, everything is different. ”

Zhang Sheng and Fu Bi nodded together. As the soldiers of the Hequ Road Military Academy slowly began to replenish the various armies, the strength began to expand. The meandering road is between the Khitan and the party, if you can't take an offensive against them, as soon as you take the defensive, many things will become troublesome.

Fu Bi said: "If this is the case, the new soldiers who come out of the military academy should be given priority to replenish Zhao Zi's department." ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "That's right." In the early days, Yang Wenguang's department was limited to 10,000 to 15,000 people, and Zhang Qi's department in Shengzhou was limited to 10,000 people. The rest of the recruits who came out were first added to Zhao Zi's army. When he has all the personnel, he will supplement Yang Wenguang and Zhang Qi. ”

Seeing that it was not early, Du Zhongxiao said: "There is nothing to do today, let's go out for dinner." In the mall, there is a restaurant opened by Wang Pukai, the leader of the nearby Fan tribe, although it is simple, the food is good. How about going there at noon? ”

Zhang Sheng and Fu Bi bowed their hands to Du Zhongxiao together. Since it is a Shangguan treat, it doesn't matter how the restaurant is.

Du Zhongxiao instructed his own soldiers, went to Wang Pu to prepare, and discussed with Fu Bi and Zhang Sheng for a while before leaving the official hall together.

Wang Pu was waiting at the door of the restaurant early, and when he saw Du Zhongxiao, Zhang Sheng, Fu Bi and others coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute. led the three of them to the best compartment on the second floor, and said, "Three of you, stay here for a while, and the meal will come later." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Outside, sit down and drink two glasses of wine." Nothing to do today, gossip. ”

Wang Pu confessed, and sat down near the door.

After a while, the food was served. Wang Pu said: "This is sauce beef, that's Linglong duck-"

As he spoke, he asked the servant to put the dishes on the table. He added, "There are a few more hot dishes, which will come up soon." Now that the weather is cold, I asked the chef's master to make a cooked pot and cook some mutton to eat later. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "The master is attentive. Come, let's have a glass of wine and gossip. ”

After drinking the wine and putting the cup down, Du Zhongxiao asked Wang Pu: "Outside, how is the business of this shop here?" When I came up just now, I saw that there were no people, but it was not like a few days ago, when it was crowded with people inside and out. ”

Wang Pu sighed: "Don't hide it, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day, and many families don't go out." My store was originally facing the door of the shopping mall opposite, and there were not many people there, so how could my business be so good? ”

Fu Bi said: "That's not necessarily. In winter, there are few people going out, but your store is different, you can drink and feast in it after you come, how bad can it be? ”

Wang Pu shook his head: "Don't hide it from the public, Shengzhou City is full of newcomers, and they are all busy." Those people are hiding at home and don't come out, most of them have something to do, why do they still come to my store? That's it, it's just a few months, just pass. ”

Fu Bi didn't know about it, so he found out after asking. It turned out that the merchants near Shengzhou took some of the work in the store and asked the people in the city to take it home to do. Give them money separately according to the amount they do. They make money at home, and if they are willing to go out and walk around, how many people are there.

Hearing this, Fu Bi asked Zhang Sheng: "How many families are there in Shengzhou City now?" ”

Zhang Sheng said: "If you don't count the population in the army, there are less than 5,000 households. I think in the summer, tens of thousands of households are crowded here, ah, it was really lively at that time. It was only a few months, and most of the people left the city, so they naturally fell into the cold. ”

Fu Bi nodded, but he didn't expect this. From tens of thousands of households to thousands of households all of a sudden, Wang Pu's small shop, the business should be said to be very good. Although it is no longer crowded, there are ten pairs of seats in the store, and five or six households can be seated.

When the food came up, Wang Pu said goodbye and left. He knew in his heart that he couldn't intervene in what Du Zhongxiao and others were talking about.